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Vietnamese

  • /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/ UK
  • /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/ UK

Rhymes with -iːz

adjective Viet-Namese

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to Vietnam. As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.

noun Vietnamese · Viet-Namese

  1. countable, in plural A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent. They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore.
  2. uncountable Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.

proper noun Viet-Namese

  1. The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam. The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level.

    Similar: Annamese, Annamite

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: annamite, annamese, viet, nam, yue, vietnam, hanoi, vrs, vms, pham, cpv, migrants, vbp, vnd, saigonese, indochinese

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adj of or pertaining to Vietnam

Españolvietnamita
한국어베트남의 Beteunam-ui
日本語ベトナムの Betonamu no
中文越南的 Yuènán de
हिन्दीवियतनामी viyatnāmī
Portuguêsvietnamita
Françaisvietnamien
Deutschvietnamesisch
Italianovietnamita
Românăvietnamez
Русскийвьетна́мский vʹjetnámskij
Tiếng ViệtViệt, (thuộc) Việt Nam
العربيةفِيتْنَامِيّ fitnāmiyy
עבריתוְיֶטְנָאמִי vietnami

noun Vietnamese person

Españolvietnamita
한국어베트남인 beteunamin, 베트남 사람 beteunam saram
日本語ベトナム人 betonamujin
中文越南人 yuènánrén
हिन्दीवियतनामी viyatnāmī
KiswahiliMvietinamu, Mvieti
Portuguêsvietnamita
FrançaisVietnamien, Vietnamienne
DeutschVietnamese, Vietnamesin
Italianovietnamita
Românăvietnamez, vietnameză
Русскийвьетна́мец vʹjetnámec, вьетна́мка vʹjetnámka, вьетна́мцы vʹjetnámcy
Tiếng Việtngười Việt, người Việt Nam
العربيةفِيتْنَامِيّ fitnāmiyy, فِيتْنَامِيَّة fītnāmiyya
עבריתוְיֶטְנָאמִי vietnami

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Españolvietnamita
한국어베트남어 beteunameo
日本語ベトナム語 betonamugo
中文越南語 /越南语 yuènányǔ
हिन्दीवियतनामी viyatnāmī
KiswahiliKivietinamu, Kivieti
Portuguêsvietnamita
Françaisvietnamien
DeutschVietnamesisch
Italianovietnamita
Ελληνικάβιετναμικά vietnamiká
Românăvietnameză
Русскийвьетна́мский vʹjetnámskij, вьетна́мский язы́к vʹjetnámskij jazýk
Tiếng Việttiếng Việt, tiếng Việt Nam, Việt ngữ, tiếng Kinh
العربيةاَلْفِيتْنَامِيَّة al-fitnamiyya, فِيتْنَامِيّ fitnāmiyy

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@misc{vietnamese_2026,
  title = {Vietnamese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vietnamese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}